Improvement in machines for cutting, stamping, and packing soap



. To all whom) 'it may concern:

incline ways upon the machine, therewith, in connection with stationaryslats or supforthe drying frame to'slide upon,

bars of soap surface of the iutrmediate ones, so th A cnaanns LEHMANN; or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent 1V0. 102,949, dated May 16,1870. I

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The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and makingpar: ot the name Be it known that I, CHARLES LEHMANN, of the city and countyof-Hai'tford, and State of Connecticut, have-invented certain new anduseful Improvements' in Soap-Cutting Machines, and to enable others skilled in theart to make and use-the same, I will proceed to desciihe, reflex ring to ithe drawings, in which thesame letters indicatelike'parts' in each of the figures. I r V v p v The nature of this invention consists inlarranging or in close proximity ports ,'astride .of which the-drying-fi'ames are placed before the bars of soap are pushed forward thereon so that, by moving thedrying-fi-ameendwise, (upon the incline surfaces) iitwill lift one bar of soap," then move a short distance farther, and it will lift asecond bar of soap, and so "on, alternately, moving andl-ifting in rapidsuccession, taking up one bar at atime, till all of the bars 'are plaed upon the drying-flame, and spread apart, so as to allow the ail-to circulate freely between them for drying.

It also consists of notched bats or breakers, so constructed and arrangedin the machine that, after the have been cut, and while they 'are'yet lying .gupon the table, ordpartially upon .the table and stationary bars, by lifting or depressing a lever or levers, every other one :of the bars of soap, one,three,

and-Ifive, 860., will be simultaneously lifted above the two, four, and six, at eaoh bar shall be perfectly severed from the other. a a p It also consists in arranging two wires, a little dis tance apart, one directly in rearof the other, so that the second wire shall work in the path of the first, to

recut or perfectly sever the bars from each other.

It also ,consistscof a follower, having one straight side, and the other-side formed in a curved line, so that its width in the center of 'its length shall be considerably greater than at its ends. This. follower is for the purpose of being placed directlyat the rear I end of thebars of soap after ,theyhave been cut, so

that the ends offtheisucceeding bars of soap shall bear against the straight side of the follower, and, as they are'pushed forward,shall canse'the front ends of the'b'ars of soap (therear ends of which rest against;

the curved side of ,thefollower) to move in diverging frame or supporting-slats."

between when put together, to more rapidly execute the cutting of, .the soap'into bars.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top or plan View. Figure 2 is a side or frontelevation. Figure 3is a partial-end view. Sheets 2 and 3 show detail views of its parts. Figure 10, sheet 2, is a top view of the table upon 'which the barsof soap are cut. I

Figure 11 is a front elevation of the same. Figures 4, 5, and 8, sheet 3, show a device for spreading-the bars of soap upon the drying-rack.

Figure 6 shows a breakerdevice for thoroughly 7 sired position and tightened bysimply turning of a,

thumb-nut, while the distance between the wires whiehgoverns the width of the bars of soap is regnlatediu the common way, as slits formed in the crossbar upon which they (the cutter-wires) are arranged.

a is the frame-work of the machine. r

b is the table or bed of the machine,- upon which the soap isplaced andgmoved forward from one point to another, by means of a pusher-block, c, which is thereon by manualor mechanical pressure applied thereto by pulley, crank, rack, and pinion, 85c;

d are wires, arranged perpendicularly in the frame e. The outside ones are for cutting the soap the width cnttiug-tableb onto the tablet, just in front of another pusher, 0', having a toothed .rack, j, secured on each end of and extendingrforward by the side of the table, and connects and worksinpinion f, arranged upon the end of a shaft, f", which extends across from one side of the machine to the other, and has its bearingsin the framework, or studs secured there-.

to, and is operated by a pulley or crank, g.

For the purpose of producing the cuttingof the bars into a given width, and to further guard against the barsuniting after the first cut, I arrange two wires, 6 t, in the frame h, so that, as the body ofthe soap is being pushed forward by the rack andpinion pusher, the first wire, t, cuts the soap the desired width, and in the common way, and, as it continues its passage, thesec'ond or duplicate wire t" recuts or trims thebars, and thereby renders .the mless liable tostiek together as they pass forward.

fittedto the table-sons to move forward and back required for thelength of the bars when finished,

After these bars have been cut and pushed a short distance forward of the wire t" by the pusher c, I place against the rear ends of said bars a pusherplate, j, one side of which is about straight, and the other curved, so that it will be quite thin at each end and thick along the center thereof, the curved side being placed against the rear ends of the bars, so that, as the next tier of bars is pressed forward against the plate j by the pressure-plate 0', it will tend to direct the movement of the front ends-of the bars of soap in diverging lines.

k is a stamping-bar, having two or more stampsa: arranged thereon, for the purpose of I stamping the bars of soap as they pass underneath them.

, This bar is arranged to play in the studs 1, by means of cams m upon each end of the shaft m, and is operated by a pulley or crank, n, upon one end of said shaft.

This stamp-bar k is provided with pressure springs,

so that, as the stud-pin in the lifting-arm of the stampbar rides over the notch of the cam, they will serve to give additional force to its (the stamp-bars,) own gravity, to imprint upon the bars of soap whatever is upon the face of the stamps.

0 o are breakers. The upper one, o is secured by adjustable set-screws in a fixed position just above the upper side of the bars of soap in the arms from the frame-work, while the lower one, o, is elevated and depressed automatically, or by hand, by means of a lever connection, for the purpose of breaking any connection between the bars of soap after they are cut, and before or while they are being pushed forward upon the rack or bars 1). p '5 q is a drying-rack, which may be made in duplicate number; and are placed, one at a time, astri'devof the bars 12, the end pieces of which rest upon the lower portion of the incline ways 'r, so that, when the soap is placed upon the bars 1), by pushing the rack forward up the incline plane or ways, it .(the rack) will first take-one bar of. soap, then move -a'sho'rt distance, i then take another, and so on, till it shall havejtaken up all the bars from the rack p. Thus all the bars of soap will be lifted and arranged a short distance apart upon the drying-racks q by the simple operation of pushing the frame endwis'e while in the operation of removing the bars of soap from the rack or bars 2.

- These incline ways 1' are hinged at their lowerends and provided with an adjustable support, 1", for the purpose of increasing or diminishing the inclination of the ways 1', which is effected by moving it back and forth upon the support 8, and is held in its place by means of a bolt or screw, t.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage of this invention, so as to enable others skilled in the art to made and use the same therefrom.

What I claim, and desire to sccnreby' Letters Patent, is-'- 1. The incline ways 1', in combination with the rack or bars p, and drier-frame q, for spreading the bars of soap, substantially as set forth.

2. The breakers 0 0', arranged as described, for separating or elevating the surface of the first, third, fifth bars of soap, and so on, above the surface of the second, fourth, and sixth, or mice verse, or every other bar \vill'be elevated simultaneously, as shown and set forth.

3. Arranging two cutting-wires t t, and securing them in the desired position by screw and nut, substantially as shown and set forth.

4., A follower or pusher-plate, j, to be placed upon I the table in rear of each successive tier' of bars of soap, after having been pushed beyond the cutterwires to spread or push the bars forward in diverging lines upon the rack or bars 1), substantially as set forth.

5. The arrangement of two tables, one at right angles with the other, and capable of being detached at will, as and for the purpose-set forth. 7

CHARLES LEHMANN. [:J. 8.]

Witnesses:

E. W. Buss, JEREMY W. Buss. 

